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Basic House is a Golden Self-Inflating Home That Fits in Your Pocket!

Martin Azua's Basic House is a brilliant self-inflating shelter that you can fold up and take with you - wherever the wind blows! With economic downturns, population growth, and dwindling space creating a widespread reversal of basic values, the lightweight tent-like structure provides a cozy low-impact shelter that can be set up in a snap and could be perfect for post-disaster applications.

Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it’s warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

The designer argues that this product, which has been featured at MoMA since 2007 and the Vitra Design Museum, creates a more immediate and less complicated interaction with nature than our runaway consumption habits have created.

12 thoughts on “Basic House is a Golden Self-Inflating Home That Fits in Your Pocket!”

Ever try and sleep in a plastic \'tube\' tent?
Unless this shelter is made of some sort of breathable fabric it will be uninhabitable in only one night. The human body puts out several litres of water through respiration alone. A plastic tent will soon fill with condensation and make anyone inside truly miserable. Even in a normal tent, when it is cold, icicles and frost will build up on the inside of the tent.
This design looks great, but I bet nobody would ever want to sleep in it twice.

Wow what an incredible idea.. This would be great for an overnight camping trip or a hike.

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Basic House is a Golden Self-Inflating Home That Fits in Your Pocket!

Martin Azua's Basic House is a brilliant self-inflating shelter that you can fold up and take with you - wherever the wind blows! With economic downturns, population growth, and dwindling space creating a widespread reversal of basic values, the lightweight tent-like structure provides a cozy low-impact shelter that can be set up in a snap and could be perfect for post-disaster applications.

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Martin Azua's Basic House is a brilliant self-inflating shelter that you can fold up and take with you - wherever the wind blows! With economic downturns, population growth, and dwindling space creating a widespread reversal of basic values, the lightweight tent-like structure provides a cozy low-impact shelter that can be set up in a snap and could be perfect for post-disaster applications.

Basic House by Martin Azua

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

Basic House by Martin Azua

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

Basic House by Martin Azua

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

Basic House by Martin Azua

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.

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Made of metallic polyester, the basic house is like a tiny, self-inflating prefab home. As soon as it interacts with either body temperature or heat from the sun, the inflatable shelter transforms from a flat sheet of material to an insulated home that provides shelter against the elements. And if it's warm outside, it is possible to turn the house inside out so that it deflects solar gain.